Turkish TV Ratings, October 2026: Taşacak Bu Deniz Stays on Top
The most watched Turkish series in October 2026: Taşacak Bu Deniz leads the weekly chart ahead of Altı Üstü İstanbul and the new hit Sevdan Bir Ateş.
The autumn season is in full swing on Turkish television, and the ratings race has a familiar leader. Taşacak Bu Deniz, TRT 1’s Black Sea drama starring Ulaş Tuna Astepe and Deniz Baysal, topped the weekly chart for 4–11 October 2026, according to the weekly audience summary published by Vartolo.
The top three
- Taşacak Bu Deniz (TRT 1): the clear leader, with a weekly score of 9.47.
- Altı Üstü İstanbul (ATV): the summer newcomer kept its audience into the autumn, scoring 7.51.
- Sevdan Bir Ateş (Show TV): the new drama with Murat Ünalmış and Özge Özacar, only a month old, scored 7.20.
Teşkilat, Kızılcık Şerbeti, Halef: Köklerin Çağrısı and Gönül Dağı followed further down the chart.
A season-long winner
Taşacak Bu Deniz’s lead is no surprise. It was also the most watched Turkish series of the 2025–2026 season, with an average rating of 13.55 in the 20+ ABC1 audience group, ahead of Uzak Şehir (Kanal D) and Yeraltı (NOW). The series is written by Ayşe Ferda Eryılmaz and Nehir Erdem, the team behind Sen Anlat Karadeniz, which also starred Ulaş Tuna Astepe.
The newcomer to watch
The surprise of the autumn is Sevdan Bir Ateş. The story of Mirza, whose bride vanished hours before their wedding and who finds her again seven years later in Aleppo with a six-year-old daughter, reached the top three within weeks of its 9 September premiere.
Ratings in Turkey are reported in several audience groups (total, AB, ABC1), so rankings can differ slightly from one source to another.
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